Tag: Tom Hurndall
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Judge blaming Rachel Corrie for her own death highlights Israel’s impunity, family says
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours 28 August 2012 | Electronic Intifada, Haifa The Haifa District court ruled earlier today that the Israeli military is not responsible for killing American activist Rachel Corrie, and that Corrie was to blame for her own death. “Even when she saw the mount of earth moving towards her, she did not move…
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We Remember: Tom Hurndall
13 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement Tom was 21 years old when he was shot. A photography student, he had left the UK to volunteer as a ‘human shield’ in Iraq. Here he heard about the ISM, one of whose volunteers, Rachel Corrie, had just been killed by a bulldozer whilst protesting house demolitions…
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Early release of Tom Hurndall’s killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes
8 September 2010 | ISM London UPDATE: Tom’s Killer was released this morning. The Hurndall family was not informed by any representative of the Israeli government. The British Foreign Office did contact Jocelyn this morning, but not before the news had reached her via ISM London. We are re-publishing our press release from July as…
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Early release of Tom Hurndall’s killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes
20 July 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Correction appended The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) condemns the early release from prison of the Israeli soldier that murdered photography student and ISM volunteer Tom Hurndall in Gaza in 2003. The Israeli press yesterday reported that Taysir Hayb will be released three years early from an already short eight-year…
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IDF soldier who shot British peace activist to be released from jail
Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 19 July 2010 A former IDF soldier who was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2003 shooting death of British peace activist Thomas Hurndall in the Gaza Strip will be released early from prison next month. Taysir-al-Heib was sentenced in 2005 to eight years in prison for manslaughter as well as…
